In it, Laurel got to show off her newest series of paintings, ink and watercolor drawings, sculptures and other works - all of which have been described as erudite, evil, haunting, mysterious, beautiful and charming (read an interview of Laurel in the DCist here).

Ms. Lloyd leaves us with a false choice between two extremes -- a discredited notion of "mastery" and a kind of erudite nihilism, according to which human freedom is an illusion and we must accommodate ourselves to necessity.